Hi John, I just tested this myself and it seems to work: diff <(tail -n +2 file1.txt) <(tail -n +2 file2.txt) Source: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14558418/compare-two-files-in-linux-ignoring-first-and-last-lines Hope this helps, -Vaikunth On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 4:02 PM, John Gates <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi, > > I've got a simple integration test and I'm looking for a method to skip > the first line of output when doing the diff. The 2 files are identical > except for the first line with the column names > > qserv output: scienceCcdExposureId QS1_PASS > mysql output: scienceCcdExposureId hex(poly) > > Is there a fairly simple way to do this? > > -John > > ######################################################################## > Use REPLY-ALL to reply to list > > To unsubscribe from the QSERV-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.slac.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=QSERV-L&A=1 > ######################################################################## Use REPLY-ALL to reply to list To unsubscribe from the QSERV-L list, click the following link: https://listserv.slac.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=QSERV-L&A=1